Improvement in machinery for printing yarn



i @auch tatrs @anni @fitta CARL F. AUSTEL, 0F NRW YORK, N.. Y.

'Leners Para No. 80,895, daad August 11,1858. Y. 0

' IMPROVEMENT 1N. MAGRIRRRY rcal PRiN'rINc YARN.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, CARL F. AUS'TEL, of New York,`in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and improved Machine .for Printing Yarnand I do hereby declare the following to be a-full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable Vthose skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming a part of this specivcation, in which drawing-.-

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of this invention. 4

Figure 2 is 'a plan or top view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. a

This invention consists in the arrangement of a movable carriage,carrying two rollers, on which the yarn to be printed is stretched, andprovided with a toothed rack,'which gears intoV a cog-wheel mounted onthe shaft of one of the printing-rollers, in such a manner that byimparting to the carriage a reciprocating inotion thel yarn is carriedthrough between the printing-rollers, and the operation of printing saidyarn is materially simplified. i

A represents a frame, of wood or any other suitable material, on the topof which are formed two ways, a', to receive the carriage B. l u l Onthis carriage are mounted two rollers, a, which have their bearings instandards, b, and which,by preference, are uted, so that theyarnvstretched on them is not liable to slip when the rollers arerevolved.v The distance between the' rollers a is sjo adjusted that askein of yarn'stretched'thereon will have suilicicnt tension to beprevented from slipping when the rollers are turned, and thatlay-turning oneof the rollers lthe otherroller will also turn by thestrain of the yarn itself.

The bearings of the rollers a are so arranged that said rollers can bereadily taken out, for the purpose of putting on or removing the skeins,and, if desired, the standards b may-be 'so arranged that they are:adjustable on the carriage, so that the distance of the rollers can beregulated to suit the length of the skeins.

From one side oi' the carriage B rises a toothed rack, c, which'meshesinto :Leeg-wheel,- d, mounted on the shaft of one of theprinting-rollers cf. l

These rollers havetheir bearings in a bifurcated standard, g, whichrises from the'rear end of the frame A.,

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and extends towards the front end thereof to such a distance that thecarriage can be moved clear through under rthe printing-rollers. l

The lower roller, f, dips into 'the ink-well m, which is secured between4the lower arms of the bfurcated standard g, and thc diameter ef saidroller, and its position', are such that its upper surface touches theinner A surface of the `yarn stretched over the rollers a inthecarriage, while the bottom of the ink-well clears the lower strands ofthe yarn, as clearly shown in fig; 1 of the drawing. n

The upper roller, e, is `held down in' its bearings by a yielding power,represented in the drawing'by a frame composed of two long elastic arms,hfwhich are provided with feet, `z', bearing on the axle of theroller,1and which are hooked down by the catch j. Instead of the catch,however, a spring or weight might be substituted, or any other suitablemechanism might be employed to hold the rollcrie down Ain its bearingswith a yielding -The two rollers ef may be lgeared together by'cog-wheels, if desired.

Each of the printing-rollers is provided with a series of ridges, `la,those of one roller corresponding to those ofthe other, and these ridgesare arranged according to the pattern to be produced on the yarn, andthey are so adjusted that they bear on each other or on the yarn passingthrough between them` l By imparting to the carriage B a reciprocatingmotion on the frame A., thc yarn is carried throughA between the`rollers,`and that portion of the yarn which comes in contact with theridges of the printing-rollers is printed. The rollers a are thenturned, so as to bring a fresh portion of the yarn under theprinting-rollers, the carriage is again moved on the frame A, and asecond portion ofthe yarn is printed,'and so on until the yarn.stretched on the rollers ais printed throughout its entire length. Y Y

By changing the printing-rollers, the pattern can be changed'to suittaste and demand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, Vis

The movable carriage B, carrying two rollers, a, and a rackgc, incombination with printing-rollers ef,

suspended in the 'standard g,.substantially as and for the purposeherein4 shown and described.

CARL F. AUSTEL.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, n E. F. KAsTENHUBnn.

